LSU Ag Center Program Focuses On Helping Animals Reproduce; Graduates Assist Humans, As Well
...uctivephysiology research program started with one main focus -- helping farm animalshave babies efficiently and at the least cost to livestock producers. But along the way, this research program, which was established in 1973under the direction of Dr. Robert Godke, has gained a worldwide reputat...UB Stroke Researchers Develop New Technique To Measure Blood Rate-of-flow, Treat Brain Malformations
...d flow is blocked to the AVM without occluding the main artery or vein. Current techniques for determining rate of blood flow use two approaches, both involving injecting a contrast medium into the AVM through a tiny catheter threaded through the large artery in the groin until it reaches the damaged ar...Severe Pain Following Shingles Safely Relieved In Clinical Trial Of Anti-Convulsant Drug Gabapentin
...hine-like drugs) andtricyclic antidepressants, the main drugs currently used to treat severe nervedamage pain," Rowbotham said. "This report should help physicians become moreaware of the effective treatments available for chronic neuropathic pain. Itwill give more choice in what can be used to relieve pa......ednesday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. at the USGSheadquarters main auditorium in Reston. Meade is touring the country as the featured lecturer of the 14th MendenhallSeminar Series, speaking to both scientists and the public on "Large Rivers andTheir Floodplains as Conveyers and Storers of Sediments and Contaminants.......heirsurvival." The tau protein is also the main component of the abnormal tangles inneurons that, along with amyloid plaques, define Alzheimer's disease. Tautangles are seen in other dementing diseases, too, such as Pick's disease. Priorto this study, however, scientists had been unable to directl...Could A Nasal Vaccine Finally Get Rid Of The Black Death?
...d is more deadly than the bubonic form, andwas the main cause of the Black Death. Antibiotics can save someone with pneumonic plague if they get treatment within18 hours of infection. But last year, researchers found plague bacteria inMadagascar carrying five different antibiotic resistance genes. This r...Some Smelter Slags Represent A Significant Environmental Hazard
...al Survey. Parsons draws a distinction between two main kinds of slag. The type produced inmaking steel does not contain high levels of toxic elements, but slag producedby smelters that refine copper, lead, cadmium and other base metals containshigher levels of potentially hazardous elements. That is part...Wistar Institute Professor Named First Koprowski Professor
...several federal reviewcommittees. Dr. Trinchieri's main research goal is to understand how inborn diseaseresistance and adaptive immunity work together to establish defenses againstdisease. His early work focused on Natural Killer (NK) cells, which destroyinfected and cancerous cells and influence the ou...New Discovery Offers Hope For Controlling Cholesterol, Atherosclerosis
...society. The small intestine is the human body's main entrance for dietary cholesteroland fat. A1990 Biochemistry paper by some of the current authors suggested a protein mightbedirectly involved in the transport, but none have been found until now. "Theidentification of such a protein opens the very ...Flexible Membranes - Moving Through The Twilight Zone Between The Nano- And The Microworld
... pharmacologyand medicine since they represent the main structural element for the amazingarchitecture of the living cell. In addition, physicists and chemists have beenfascinated by the unusual properties of these structures which are veryanisotropic: They consist of bilayers of molecules and thus are ve...Programmable Cells Open Window Of Opportunity For Gene Therapy
...ese readied, or "potentiated" genes. Dr. Krawetz's main task was to determine how this mechanism "potentiation"arises. He began to look at several genes that he could show were exclusivelyactivated at specific and different times. These genes included those from theprotamine locus, which are only expresse...Use Of Protease Inhibitors For HIV Associated With Dramatic Rise In Oral Warts
While the main oral infections associated with HIV infection and AIDS have beenbrought under control, the use of powerful new protease inhibitors to treat HIVhas led to a dramatic, unexplained increase in oral warts among patients, a newstudy reveals. Unlike the ...Reinventing Humans Is Focus Of Virginia Tech Program
...ussion sessions providingbackground information; a main panel session featuring eminent presenters fromthe...ectives," and "Patterns of Child Development." The main session, to be held 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., will include panelistsRobert F. Murray Jr., author of Gen...... levels of testosterone and theactivity of its two main enzymes suggests that a diet high in foods containingphytosterols could help reduce the risk of prostate cancer," Awad said. Additional researchers on the study were Maria Sri Hartati, a master'sdegree student, and Carol S. Fink, Ph.D., UB c...Managing For Deer, Moose, Elk, Wolves -- And People
...urvey, Biological Resources Divisionsummarizes the main points found in the studies in a paper titled, WildlifeManagement in the National Parks: Questions in Search of Answers. Wright alsoincludes the comments, suggestions and questions offered by members of theaudience who heard the oral presentations i...A Quick DNA Test Seeks Out A Dangerous Bacteria That Lurk In Food
... The researchers say they are comparing the two main methods forintensively raising pigs-keeping a barn occupied continuously or periodicallyemptying and cleaning it-to see which leads to most infection withCampylobacter. They are also trying to develop an even simpler test for the bugthat could be use...UF Researchers Show Common Compound Can Reduce Air Pollution
...cleaned and then used again, hesaid. "The main advantage of this technique is that the amount of material canbe scaled to the size of the source, and initial costs are minimal," Leesaid. "Also, the technique works over a wide temperature rangerepresentative of small-source exhaust temperatures." ...Heart Disease Symptoms Worsen When Body Tries To Adapt
...sult, the wall of the leftventricle -- the heart's main pumping chamber -- thickens, leaving little roominside the chamber for blood to fill. The wall also can stiffen, furtherimpairing the heart's ability to contract. While the hearts of both younger and older mice with FHC had theidentical gene...Bees: Latest Weapon In Cancer Fight
...sting contains a number of active ingredients, the main onebeing mellitin, a molecule that kills cells by slicing through the cell walls,destroying the cells. "What we have done is to modify the structure of the mellitin molecule to removethe part that causes the allergic reaction while still maintaining ...Crispy, golden french fries are a main part of many American meals. Now, thevegetable oil they are fried in has become the main ingredient in a newalternative diesel fuel known as "biodiesel." And while french fries are knownas ...